bug#10904: 24.0.93; Infinite loop in GnuTLS code during Gnus nnimap-initiated SSL handshake

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:37:32 -0400 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote: 

TZ> On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:46:56 -0400 Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@fitzsim.org> 
wrote: 
TF> The loop happens when the GnuTLS handshake fails for some reason, within
TF> a network process.  I use the attached patch to limit the number of
TF> iterations.  I'm not familiar enough with the Emacs process code to
TF> suggest a fix though.

TZ> Thanks again for the help and provided patch.  I modified it to keep the
TZ> number of handshakes tried per connection, not globally.  Please try
TZ> it.  I will also propose it on emacs-devel for inclusion in the upcoming
TZ> 24.1 release.

The patch with some slight modification is in the Emacs trunk, so please
pull and test from there.

Ted